Drug Profile
Mesalazine controlled release - Takeda
Alternative Names: Lialda; MD-0901; Mesalamine oral - Takeda; Mesalazine MMX™; Mesavance; Mesavancol; Mezavant; Mezavant XL; MMX Mesalamine; SPD 476Latest Information Update: 15 Jan 2019
Price :
$50
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At a glance
- Originator Cosmo Pharmaceuticals
- Developer Cosmo Pharmaceuticals; Mochida Pharmaceutical; Shire; Takeda
- Class Aminosalicylic acids; Anti-inflammatories; Irritable bowel syndrome therapies; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Lipoxygenase-cyclooxygenase inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity No
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Ulcerative colitis
- Discontinued Diverticulitis
Most Recent Events
- 08 Jan 2019 Shire has been acquired and merged into Takeda
- 28 Nov 2018 Shire completes the phase III PACE trial in Ulcerative Colitis in USA, Belgium, Canada, England, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom and USA
- 04 Nov 2017 No recent reports of development identified for phase-I development in Ulcerative-colitis(In adolescents, In children) in Australia (PO, Controlled release)